12.aug.08
Barfblog
Andrew Reece
http://barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/2008/08/articles/yuck-factor/restaurant-sinks-are-not-bathtubs/

11.aug.08
Time
Deirdre Van Dyk
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1831421,00.html
The public-advocacy group that helped maneuver the trans-fats ban in New York City restaurants and pushed national chains to divulge fat and calorie content on their menus is agitating for more change. The Washington-based Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is now calling for easy public access to restaurant health-code grades, improved health-inspector training and a nationwide standard for restaurant inspections.

09.aug.08
abc
Joce Sterman
http://www.abc2news.com/mostpopular/story.aspx?content_id=bf9781b5-81b9-4d49-a58c-be64936758c0
It's a restaurant that?s reached a record for our Dirty Dining series, the most closures of any restaurant we've covered in the series so far. ABC2 News Investigator tells us which dining spot gets the honor and why.

15.apr.08
International Food Safety Network
http://www.foodsafety.ksu.edu/en/article-details.php?a=4&c=18&sc=151&id=1183
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v4DYoKjwFw
http://barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/2008/04/articles/salmonella/safely-preparing-cantaloupe/index.html
A table of U.S. outbreaks related to the consumption of cantaloupe is available at: http://www.foodsafety.ksu.edu/articles/1183/cantaloupe_outbreaks_.pdf

26.nov.07
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/26/opinion/26mon1.html?ref=opinion
According to a survey for the Food Marketing Institute cited in this editorial, only 66 percent of consumers in the United States are confident that the food they buy is safe, down from 82 percent last year. With news of killer spinach, tainted hamburger patties and imported seafood that can provide as many toxins as omega-3s, who can blame them?

20.nov.07
From a press release
QUEBEC City ? Medicago today announced
additional positive results from a preclinical study of its H5N1 Influenza
Virus-Like Particles ("VLP") vaccine. Medicago previously reported that its
proprietary VLP vaccine stimulates a significant seroprotective immune
response against the lethal Indonesia strain of the H5N1 Avian Influenza virus
in mice who received doses as low as 1 microgram (ug). The Company has now
generated additional data showing that a strong protective immune response is
achieved against this virus at even lower doses of only 0.1 ug.

20.nov.07
Southeast Texas Record
John G. Browning
http://www.setexasrecord.com/arguments/contentview.asp?c=204264
If you're still snacking on Thanksgiving leftovers, this column just may jumpstart your diet plans.
And while for many people the very thought of going to a lawyer can cause stomachs to churn, if your stomach is churning for other reasons, then the lawyer you need to see is Bill Marler.
Who is Bill Marler? He's simply the preeminent lawyer in the country in a rather specialized practice area - representing victims of food poisoning.

05.nov.07
statesman.com
Rebecca Carr
http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/secrecy/entries/2007/11/05/secrecy_in_farm_bill.html
You might think that the massive farm bill now on the table has nothing to do with government secrecy, but it does.
This blog post says that OpenTheGovernment.org, an umbrella organization of conservative and liberal organizations, discovered a provision in the measure that would create an exemption to the Freedom of Information Act for all records related to the Agriculture Department?s animal identification system.

China has been in the news lately with regards to lead paint product safety and food export and controls. I don't think that the average American can appreciate the massive job ahead of the newly appointed leader of the product safety team, Wu Yi.

China currently has more than 5,000 drugmakers and over 450,000 food manufacturing facilities. In the last three weeks Wu has closed 953 unlicensed food processing plants, closed over 2000 factories making fake goods and suspended the licenses of 1,200 drug and medical equipment companies.

17.jul.07
WSMV Channel 4 (Nashville)
Tom Randles
http://www.wsmv.com/health/13691420/detail.html
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A 38-page report from the Food and Drug Administration, called "The Food Defect Action Levels Report," was cited as saying that residents can expect to find any number of parts from insects in ground cinnamon, cocoa powder, canned corn and tomatoes.
The government calls them "natural or unavoidable defects in food that present no health hazard to humans."
But you won't find any of this stuff listed on food labels. One shopper was surprised by the findings.